In order to further convolute the Galaxy series more than it already is, Samsung just brought the Galaxy S II name back from the dead by announcing the Galaxy S II Plus. The phone – which is already basically irrelevant – is a rehash of Sammy's 2011 flagship, albeit with a slight bump in spec and a new version of Android. Woo.

4.3" 800x480 display

1.2GHz dual-core processor

1GB RAM

8GB storage, microSD card slot

8MP rear shooter, 2MP front camera

Android 4.1.2 with Touchwiz

There's no word on when (or where) this nature-inspired resurrection will be available, nor is any pricing information available. Let's be honest, though – you probably don't really care anyway.

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hey, more power to them. at least it's running jelly bean. i don't really get the sense that they're trying to pull a fast one on people (as compared to the SIII mini, etc), and if this is what they need to bankroll the S 4, Note 3, and Note 2 10.1, fine.

AP

The only worthy upgrade is the ability to support 64Gb microSD modules. The internal storage goes down from 16 to 8Gb, which qualifies as a regression, not an evolution... and about Android... please, CyanogenMod and other Android distributions are there for that.

Stipe Hodak

I have a 64GB MicroSD in my two year old GT-i91000 already, so that really isn't an upgrade at all...

Galaxy S2 was the most powerful phone of 2011, and with a killer price this could be a good deal for unsubsidized developing markets. I don't think that's gonna happen though.

ProductFRED

So wait. 16GB now becomes 8GB, and since this is Jelly Bean and most games and apps install to internal storage, that means a memory card won't save you. Everything else about this phone remains the same. Why would I buy this over an S2 i9100? The i9100 is like $300 on eBay...

fuzzymeep two

The t-mobile version already has NFC and a 1.5 ghz dual core.... i don't see the "upgrade"

That's a Cortex-A8-based Snapdragon S3, not an Exynos. The 1.2 GHz Exynos chips are Cortex-A9-based and are a lot faster per clock.

fixxmyhead

your probably a noob but the tmobile one is a snapdragon s3 NOT an exynos which is a little less superior than the exynos. u learned something today

AsinX

This most likely has an under clocked S4 and the camera is the one from the GS3. The sd card space is nice and you'll probably put cm10 on it anyway. The only thing holding this back is the low res screen which was really never as bad as people make it seem and just 1gb of ram.

You underestimate the S2. I know many people who are still in love with its design, and it is iconic for being one of the first truly trouble-free Androids - by that I mean it was sufficiently fast, stable, and had enough features to appease any user. Even now in my part of the world (Pakistan) it commands 75% of the price of S3. Samsung are doing well to keep this alive (in a parallel to iPhone 4S/5 positioning), although quite why it was needed is beyond me since OG S2 has already received JB update and S2 Plus hardware seems almost identical to the OG S2.

brutalpanther

I see no reason to do this.just send jelly bean upgrade to the original s2.they must have found a way to use all those battery covers that wouldnt work on the original s2.The only way i would even consider this is on a no contract plan.Dont they know that they have a s3 and soon a s4.Dont let the success of the s2 and s3 make you think (If we build it they will buy it)